1. Year 7 information evening
Welcome to….
Year 7 information evening

2. Exam Results 2014
71% of students achieved the headline figure of 5 A*-C including English and Maths
81% of students achieved 5 A*-C grades
82% of students achieved a grade C or above in Maths
77% of students achieved a grade C or above in English

3. Welcome to secondary school…….
A time of change….. Personalisation……. Enrichment…………. Achievement………..

4. Organisation of the Curriculum
There are two halves of year 7…
A ‘four half’ Dmu, DM, KRo, SP
A ‘three half’ AK, HB, CMa
All tutor groups are mixed ability and are all of similar overall ability.
English, RS, History, Geography, ICT, Drama, PDC, Music, Science, Art, French and German are taught in tutor groups.

5. Other subjects……. Maths – 3 hrs. Pupils are set.
Technology – 2 ½ hrs. Groups are rearranged and are smaller than usual due to practical nature of subject. Groups rotate around activities on a half termly basis.
PE – each half of the year is split into 4 classes. Groupings are generally mixed ability and can be mixed sex or single sex depending on the activity,

6. Key stage 3 – year 7 and 8
The organisation of year 8 is broadly similar to year 7.
There is a curriculum map for each half term in year 7 and 8
The terms have been planned to promote links between learning in subject areas
Term 6 is International term – activities in and out of class are planned.

9. options
Pupils will choose a language and a humanities subject to study in Key Stage 4 in March of year 8.
A further two options from a wide choice will be chosen in February of year 9
Pupils will be able to choose another language or another humanities subject at this point (if they wish)

10. Languages….YEAR 8 OPTIONS
A choice of…
Double Language (2 GCSE’s over 3 years)
French GCSE
German GCSE
Spanish GCSE
Foundation Learning

11. Humanities… Choice from… History GCSE Geography GCSE RS
Foundation Learning

12. Foundation learning Jamie Oliver Cooking Skills
Accredited sports and fitness award
Duke of Edinburgh skills
Forest Schools

13. Option Blocks – Open Choose 2 subjects and a reserve option
Art and Design
Computing
Drama
Information Technology
Music
Physical Education
Religious Studies
French
Geography
Performing Arts: Dance (Btec)
(GCSE unless stated)
Child Development
German
History
Graphic Products
Resistant Materials
Food Technology
Textiles
Spanish
Classical Civilisations

14. gcse All GCSE’s will be ‘new style’ Terminal examinations
Much less emphasis on coursework (controlled assessment)
Grades 1  9 rather than A*-G (9 will be the highest)

15. New GCSE grades
The bottom of new grade 4 will be closely aligned to the bottom of current grade C.
The bottom of new grade 1 will be closely aligned to the bottom of current grade G.
The bottom of new grade 7 will be closely aligned with the bottom of current grade A.
For each exam subject and series, the top 20 per cent of those who get grade 7 or above will get a grade 9.

16. Changes to headline measures
5 A*-C is being replaced as the key accountability to schools by Progress 8
Attainment, Ebacc and attendance will also be reported on
Progress 8 measures student progress across 8 subject areas
Seen as a fairer system to judge schools

17. houses
House points awarded for Sports day, Interform, Reward points, Departmental competitons e.g spelling challenges etc House points update on the website

18. SOUTH DOWNS

20. WOLSTONBURY

22. BEACON

27. Important dates THIS TERM
September – CATS tests and Blacklands Farm
22nd September – PTA meeting
30th September – Learning Support Coffee Morning (9.15am)
2nd October – Science Family Fun Evening
6th October – Downlands Forum (6pm)
10th October – INSET DAY
23rd October - Year 7 Settling In Evening
14th November – Children in Need – non uniform day
16th December – Year 7 Xmas Disco